At under 1,000 residents, Les Hôpitaux-Neufs is too small for the grades other French towns get. A third of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are only 8% of the population. Homes change hands at a median €3,388/m².
What makes Les Hôpitaux-Neufs stand out
The 3 things Les Hôpitaux-Neufs does most differently from other towns.
INSEE, census 2023 · Doubs median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Les Hôpitaux-Neufs: 1 historic monument, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 5.9% of the total, lower than both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The protected list starts in the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Les Hôpitaux-Neufs is better off than Doubs’ towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €47,200 a year per consumption unit
At the census, 6.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Doubs’ towns (11.6%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate here is 8.1%. Les Hôpitaux-Neufs holds 250 jobs; 550 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
250
jobs based in Les Hôpitaux-Neufs, 0.4 per working resident
8.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€47,200
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run higher in Les Hôpitaux-Neufs than in Doubs’ towns or across compared French towns: €17.66/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In Les Hôpitaux-Neufs, houses go for €3,804/m² and apartments for €3,086/m². House rents are put at about €18.59/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 93 homes in the town.
€3,388/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Les Hôpitaux-Neufs€3,388/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Doubs median€1,556/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,804/m²
35
Apartments
€3,086/m²
58
€17.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.86 to €24.25/m² a month)
€18.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Les Hôpitaux-Neufs
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Les Hôpitaux-Neufs is a commune of 967 people in the Communauté de communes des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
967 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.